Larry Cohen (soccer)

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Larry Cohen
Personal information
Full name Larry Jason Cohen
Date of birth (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Position(s) Central defender, defensive midfielder
Youth career
Highlands Park
Balfour Park
Corinthians F.C. (South Africa)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Jomo Cosmos 48 (2)
2010–2011 Wits University
2012 Witbank Spurs 25 (2)
2012 Mpumalanga Black Aces 0 (0)
2012–2013 Chippa United 22 (2)
2013–2015 Moroka Swallows 57 (3)
2015– Ajax Cape Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2015

Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987) is a South African professional soccer player of Lithuanian descent who plays for Ajax Cape Town. [1]

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Personal

Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s. [2]

On 21 November 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen. [3] He received his first call up for the Lithuanian national football team for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against England, but FIFA did not allow Cohen to play for Lithuania. [4]

Playing career

After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010. [5]

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References

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